Franco Palermo, Salesperson, CAPITAL NORTH COMMERCIAL REALTY, BROKERAGE just informed me of two industrial buildings he sold this last year, one for $2,500,000 and one for $1,800,000 and that he just received an offer on another one.

Bruce Brown, Sales Representative, Ed Lowe Limited, Brokerage, Barrie, Ontario has done several deals over the years as result of connections made through ICIWorld. He receives leads through phone calls and networks with people. He says he likes the added exposure and that professionals should not ignore it.

Ramesh Shahani, Vice President, Prudential Sadie Moranis Realty reports he has done four deals as a result of connections through ICIWorld. It was two industrial buildings, and one retail lease.

A Century 21 Sales Rep. placed a campground on the service and had it on for six months and received over 40 calls. One purchaser was not interested after seeing the property, but the sales person showed another property which he subsequently sold within one week of that buyer contacting him off ICIWorld. $17,000 commission.
He also had a farm advertised, received over 40 calls, he showed the farm about 10 times. One person who was not interested in this farm, the salesperson showed another farm that he subsequently sold. $20,000 commission.

Signed up for residential and he now does commercial. He took our suggestion for a website with both residential and commercial listings. Starting doing commercial real estate. Made $75,000 in the first year and has been making connections every since and doing deals. Sold a retirement home that was on MLS from the person he met through ICIWorld. Likes the exclusive opportunities that are not on MLS and likes the opportunity working exclusive listings industry-wide.

A Century 21 Broker listed an office building exclusively for $1,650,000. Within 2-3 weeks of placing it on ICIWorld he received about 20 calls. He ended up selling it to a principal who had seen it on ICIWorld. Total commission was approximately $45,000. Some of these other buyers he is now working with.

He has had about six deals resulting from connections both directly and indirectly as a result of ICIWorld. He has sold a restaurant business, a triplex, he has leased half an office building over 6,500 sq. ft., for example and several more.

He says it is the easiest and most efficient method for both brokers and potential clients to find suitable investments for their clients. It certainly complements what is on his real estate board and fits together working side by side with his real estate board.

Scott Anderson, Broker, Re/Max Real Estate Centre, Brokerage placed a medical building on ICIWorld last year. It generated leads. He developed a business relationship with one of the buyers and during the following year sold five medical buildings to him for approximately $10,000,000. All started with one simple “Have” message on ICIWorld. Scott not only deals in medical buildings but also self storage and industrial buildings, and more.

Shyamal Mahmood Sales Representative, Your Choice Realty Corp. Brokerage asked permission from another broker to advertise a Power of Sale on ICIWorld. It triggered a lead from a buyer who Shyamal developed a good business relationship with and he sold an investment property to him for $540,000+ and made $15,000. The buyer who is an investor is now using Shyamal to buy and sell real estate regularly.

Dorin Francis, Sales Representative with Realty Executives Plus joined the service in 2009 but did not start using the service until Dec of 2010. She jumped into several webinars which show how to use Internet services successfully. She started by searching Database 2 on ICIWorld and found someone who wanted to sell a church. She placed the information into Database 1 on ICIWorld. Someone called her about a month later. She showed the property to the buyer and they made an offer and purchased the property. Approximately $2.4M in happy and satisfied customers and revenue for Dorin and now she has other buyers looking for more churches!dorin francis – Copy